Washington HB 1335

Creates a private right of action for publishing an individual's personal identifying information without permission in order to harm them and causes physical, economic, or emotional injury; the victim to fear for their safety; or substantially disrupts the life of the victim. Victims may bring lawsuits against both the person who published the information and any person who knowingly benefits from participation in a venture they knew or should have known has engaged in a violation of these restrictions.

Takes effect July 23, 2023.

Latest Action: Governor signed into law on May 8, 2023
Deadline: July 24, 2023

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South Carolina H 3583

Creates the felony crime of sexual extortion (”sextortion”), which is defined as:

  • Acts involving willful and malicious intent to coerce a victim to engage in sexual conduct, in sexually explicit conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to communicate by any means a threat to either the victim’s person, property, or reputation or distribution of an intimate image or video of the victim; or
  • Acts knowingly causing a victim to engage in sexual conduct, in sexually explicit conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or distribute any image, video, or other recording of any person naked or engaged in sexually explicit conduct by means of a threat.

Takes effect May 18, 2023.

Latest Action: signed by Governor on May 18, 2023
Deadline: June 30, 2023

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Alabama HB 287

Creates the crime of doxing: intentionally electronically publishing, posting, or providing personal identifying information of another individual, with the intent that others will use that information to harass or harm that other individual, and the other individual is actually harassed or harmed.

Latest Action: Enacted on May 31, 2023
Deadline: June 15, 2023

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Illinois HB 2954 Civil Liability For Doxing Act

Provides that an individual engages in the act of doxing when that individual intentionally publishes another person's personally identifiable information without the consent of the person whose information is published and: (1) the information is published with the intent that it be used to harm or harass the person whose information is published and with knowledge or reckless disregard that the person whose information is published would be reasonably likely to suffer death, bodily injury, or stalking; and (2) the publishing of the information: (i) causes the victim to suffer significant economic injury or mental anguish or to fear serious bodily injury or death of the person or a family or household member to the person; or (ii) causes the victim to suffer a substantial life disruption. Allows a person who is aggrieved by a violation of the Act to bring a civil action against the individual who committed the offense to recover damages and obtain any other appropriate relief.

Latest Action: Sent to the Governor on June 7, 2023
Deadline: January 5, 2025

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